Have you wondered what characteristics make people toxic?

1. Truth: They can’t seem to tell it. Everything they say is a lie. They will lie about the most minuscule things followed but much larger if you allow it.

2. Addiction: They’re daily drinkers or drug users. The substance comes first and foremost and everyone else in their life is last. That is unless, they can benefit from you.

3. Manipulative: The manipulation is maddening. They will use people for their own selfish needs. Even if this means leading a person on with the sole intention of their selfishness.

4. Fake Apologies: They may apologize. But it’s not sincere. Again, if they apologize it’s not because they are sorry, if they were sorry they wouldn’t repeat the lies and manipulation over and over again.

5. Feelings: They don’t care about them. More times than not the conversation will be shifted and somehow you will feel worse than what you did before having the conversation.

6. Overreaction: You will bring up one of their behaviors that have hurt you, you are often met with justification, minimization or flat out denial. Welcome to the world of gaslighting.

7. Victim: They’re always the biggest victim in the room. They are so precise at putting a spin on everything. Accusing you of playing the victim when in reality they are projecting.

8. Friends: Toxic people will attract the very same traits in friends. And the friends they do have will be very…